Energy and Power

Energy & Power is a journal publishing research and reviewing articles in all important aspects of energy and power engineering. Both experimental and theoretical papers are acceptable provided they report important findings, novel insights, or useful techniques.


Dragos Isvoranu

Professor, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Fac. of Aerospace Engineering, Romania

Research Areas

Microfluidics, Combustion, Applied Thermodynamics

Education

2000-2001PostDocTexas A&M University, USA
1997FellowshipTU Delft, Faculty of Applied Physics, Dept. of Heat and Mass Transfer, The Netherlands

Experience

2009-presentUniversity Lecturer, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania
1996-2009University Lecturer, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania
1991-1996Teaching Assistant, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania
1989-1991Design Engineer, "23 August" Engine Factory, Romania
1988-1989Teaching Assistant, University of Galati, Romania, Chair of Thermodynamics
1986-1988Design Engineer, National Institute for Thermal Engines, Dept. of Gas-Turbines
1984-1986Mechanical Engineer, Turbomecanica, Romania, Dept. of Design and Dept. Test Rig Design

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Viorel Badescu, Dragos Isvoranu, Pneumatic and thermal design procedure and analysis of earth-to-air heat exchangers of registry type, Applied Energy, doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.10.019, 2010.
[2]  Dragos Isvoranu, Daniel Ioan, Petrisor Parvu, Kinematics and flow characteristics of a magnetic actuated multi-cilia configuration, Medical Engineering & Physics, doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.10.006, 2010.
[3]  D. Isvoranu, V. Badescu, Peculiarities of tsunamis generated by Asteroid impact or nuclear explosions in the north-west of Black Sea, Nat. Hazards, DOI 10.1007/s11069-010-9642-2, 2010.
[4]  Dragos Isvoranu, Daniel Ioan, Sterian Danaila, Petrisor Parvu, Numerical simulation of oscillating flow over a 3D Magnetic actuated array of cilia, Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Microfluidics-Microfluidics 2010-Toulouse, December 8-10, 2010, μFLU'10, ISSN 2108-4718, ISBN 978-2-906831-85-8.
[5]   Dragos Isvoranu, Viorel Badescu, A more realistic assessment of beach effects of 2880 March 16th asteroid impact tsunami, Proceedings of the 5th IASME/WSEAS International Conference on WATER RESOURCES, HYDRAULICS & HYDROLOGY (WHH '10), Univ. of Cambridge, UK, Feb. 23-25 2010, pp. 221-228, ISSN 1790-5095, ISBN 978-960474-160-1.
[6]  Viorel Badescu, Dragos Isvoranu, Dynamics and Coastal Effects of Tsunamis Generated by Asteroids Impacting the Black Sea, Pure and Applied Geophysics, DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0212-z, 2010.
[7]  V. Badescu, Dragos Isvoranu, R. Cathcart, R. Schuiling, E. Pelinovsky, Tsunamis and poisonous gases from asteroid impact in Black Sea, in Tsunamis: Causes, Characteristics and Warnings and Protection, eds. Neil Veitch, Gordon Jaffray, Nova Publishers, New York, 2010, pp. 1-28, ISBN-978-1-61122-570-9 (e-book), ISBN-978-1-60876-360-3.
[8]  Dragos Isvoranu, Daniel Ioan, Petrisor Parvu, Numerical simulation of single artificial cilium magnetic driven motion in a semi-infinite domain, Houille Blanche, ISSN 0018-6368, No. 6, pp. 101-108, 2009.
[9]  V. Badescu, Dragos Isvoranu, R. Cathcart, Ecopoiesis and Liquid Water Transportation on Mars, in Mars-Prospective Energy and Material Resources, Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-03628-6, 2009, pp. 661-683.
[10]  Dragos Isvoranu, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, Ed. Printech, ISBN 978-606-521-239-8, 2009.
[11]  Dragos Isvoranu, Daniel Ioan, Petrisor Parvu, Rotating magnetic field actuation of a multicilia configuration, 2nd Micro and Nano Flows Conference, West London, UK, 1-2 September 2009, 978-1-902316-72-7, paper 40
[12]  Viorel Badescu, Dragos Isvoranu, Richard B. Cathcart, Transatlantic Freshwater Aqueduct, Water Resources Management, ISSN 1573-1650, DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9518-y, 2009.
[13]  Dragos Isvoranu, Viorel Badescu, Asteroid Impacts the Earth: The Tsunami Hazard, The Journal of Cosmology, Vol 2, pp. 419-439, http://journalofcosmology.com/Extinction114.html, 2009.
[14]  Dragos Isvoranu and Viorel Badescu, Radiation exergy: the case of thermal and nuclear energy, International Journal of Nuclear Governance, Economy and Ecology, DOI: 10.1504/IJNGEE.2008.017357, ISSN 1742-4186, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 90-112, 2008.
[15]  Dragos Isvoranu, Daniel Ioan, Petrisor Parvu, Numerical simulation of single artificial cilium magnetic driven motion in a semi-infinite domain, Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Microfluidics-Microfluidics 2008-Bologna, December 10-12, 2008, ISBN 2-906831-76-X, paper 226.
[16]  Dragos Isvoranu, NOx reburn simulation in a double-jet counter-flow flame, Special issue: Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations in Energy Technologies and Processes. International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy, DOI: 10.1504/IJETP.2008.017026, ISSN 1472-8923, Vol. 6, Nos. 1/2, pp 5-16, 2008.
[17]  Constantin Udriste, Dragos Isvoranu, Vincenzo Ciancio, Viorel Badescu, Florian Ghionea,, Ionel Tevy, Higher-Dimensional Black Hole Geometric Thermodynamics, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference "Differential Geometry-Dynamical Systems" DGDS-2007, Oct. 5-7, 2007, Bucharest, Romania, pp. 221-231, Geometry Balkan Press, 2008, ISBN (10) 973-8381-14-2, ISSN 1843-2654.
[18]  V. Badescu and D. Isvoranu, Classical statistical thermodynamics approach for the exergy of nuclear radiation, Europhysics Letters, EPL, 80, DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/80/30003, ISSN 0295-5075, pp. 1-6, 2007.
[19]  Roelof Schuiling, Richard Cathcart, Viorel Badescu, Dragos Isvoranu, Efim Pelinovsky, Asteroid Impact in the Black Sea. Death by drowning or asphyxiation?, Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/s11069-006-0017-7, ISSN 0921-030X, 40, pp. 327-338, 2007.
[20]  Dragos Isvoranu, Parvu Petrisor, Virgil Stanciu, Corneliu Berbente, Viorel Badescu, Numerical Simulation of Turbine 'in-situ' combustion based on multi-step reaction mechanism, SET2006, 5th Intl. Conference, LCT048, ISBN 88-89884-05-3, pp. 671-676, 30 Aug.-1 Sep., 2006, Vicenza, Italy.
[21]  Dragos Isvoranu, Constantin Udriste, Fluid Flow versus Geometric Dynamics, Proceedings of the 5th Conference of Balkan Society of Geometers, BSG Proceedings 13, Geometry Balkan Press, ISBN (10) 973-8381-14-2, pp 70-82, Bucharest, 2006.
[22]  Dragos Isvoranu, Virgil Stanciu, Corneliu Berbente, Viorel Badescu, Parvu Petrisor, Numerical simulation of pollutant emissions in a turbine-combustor, 4th Intl. Colloquium "Mathematics in Engineering and Numerical Physics", Oct. 6-8, 2006, Bucharest, Romania, Editura Printech, Bucharest, 2007, pp. 215-218, ISBN 978-973-718-761-1.
[23]  Staicovici M.D., Isvoranu D., Model of the Water/Lithium Bromide Absorption/Generation Processes in a Marangoni Convection Cell Using the Two-Point Theory (TPT) of Mass and Heat Transfer, Hefat2005, 4th Int. Conf. on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Sept. 19-22, 2005, Cairo, Egipt, lucrarea SM4, CD-ROM, ISSN 0891-6152.
[24]  Isvoranu D., Staicovici M.D., "Marangoni convection basic mechanism explanation using the two-point theory(TPT) of mass and heat transfer and the ammonia/water medium", Intl' Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 47, no. 17-18, 2004, pp.3769-3782.
[25]  Staicovici M.D., Isvoranu D.D., The Marangoni convection: A two point theory of mass and heat transfer and a new Laplace equation approach, CHT-04-Advances in Computational Heat Transfer III. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on board MS Midnatsol, Norwegian Coastal Voyage, 19-24 April, 2004, ISSN 961-91393-0-5, pp.215-221.
[26]  Isvoranu D.D., Cizmas P.G.A., "Numerical simulation of combustion and rotor-stator interaction in turbine stage", Intl' Journal of Rotating Machinery, vol. 9, no. 5, 2003, pp. 363-374.
[27]  Cizmas, P.G.A., Flitan H., Isvoranu, D.D., Numerical Prediction of Unsteady Blade Loading in a Turbine-Combustor, 8th National Turbine Engine High Fatigue Conference, Monterey, California, 14-16 April 2003.
[28]  Staicovici M.D., Isvoranu D.D., "The Marangoni convection: A two point theory of mass and heat transfer and Laplace equation new wording approach", paper ICR0497, Intl' Congress of Refrigeration, Washington, D.C., 17-22 August 2003.
[29]  Dragos Isvoranu, "Efficiency of a turbine stage with 'in-situ' combustion", ECOS 2003, International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 30-July 2 2003, vol. 2, pp. 1009-1016. Niels Houbak, Brian Elmegaard, Bjorn Qvale. Michael Moran, editors.
[30]  Isvoranu D.D., Cizmas P.G.A., "Numerical simulation of combustion and rotor-stator interaction in turbine stage", Proceedings of ISROMAC9, The 9th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery, 10-14 Feb. 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Paper FD006-01.
[31]  Dorin Stanciu, Dragos Isvoranu, Mircea Marinescu, Yalcin Gogus, "Second Law Analysis of Diffusion Flames", Int.J. Applied Thermodynamics, Vol. 4, (No.1), pp.1-18, March 2001.
[32]  Dorin Stanciu, Mircea Marinescu, Dragos Isvoranu, Elena Vasilescu, "Numerical simulation of plate boundary layer irreversibilities with k-eps turbulence models", Entropie, No. 232, 37e Annee, pp 34-43, 2001.
[33]  Dorin Stanciu, Mircea Marinescu, Dragos Isvoranu, "Second Law Analysis of a Turbulent Flat Plate Boundary Layer", Int.J. Applied Thermodynamics, Vol. 3, (No.3), pp.99-104, September 2000.
[34]  Dragos Isvoranu, Mircea Marinescu, Dorin Stanciu, "A thermodynamic aproach towards turbulent diffusive reactive flows" ECOS 2000 University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, 5-7 July 2000, Proceedings of Conference, part I, pp. 313-324.
[35]  Dragos Isvoranu, Mircea Marinescu, Dorin Stanciu, "Isothermal turbulent round jet optimisation" ECOS 2000, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, 5-7 July 2000, Proceedings of Conference, part IV, pp. 2023-2032.
[36]  Dorin Stanciu, Mircea Marinescu, Dragos Isvoranu, "Entropy generation rate in reacting flows" ECOS 2000, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, 5-7 July 2000, Proceedings of Conference, part I, pp. 333-343.
[37]  Dorin Stanciu, Mircea Marinescu, Dragos Isvoranu, "Second law analysis of the turbulent flat plate boundary layer", ECOS 2000, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, 5-7 July 2000, Proceedings of Conference, vol I, pp. 357-367.
[38]  Dragos Isvoranu, "NO and Ionic Species Formation in a Laminar Plane Methane Flame", BIRAC'98, Intl' Conference, November 1998, Bucharest.
[39]  Dorin Stanciu, Mircea Marinescu, Dragos Isvoranu, "Minimum Entropy Generation Rate in Internal Forced Convection through a Duct", FLOWERS'97 Florence, Italy, 1997, pp. 125-132.
[40]  Dragos Isvoranu, Mircea Marinescu, Dorin Stanciu, "Ascribing Boundary Conditions for Steady Fluid Flow on the Basis of Minimum Entropy Generation Rate", Energetics and Power Supply Technologies, Novi Sad, 24-27 May 1995, Proceedings of Conference, pp. 131-135.
[41]  Dorin Stanciu, Mircea Marinescu, Dragos Isvoranu, "Using Optimal Control Theory for Determining Expower", ECOS'95, Istambul, Turkey, 11-15 July 1995, Proceedings of Conference, pp. 133-138.
[42]  Dorin Stanciu, Mircea Marinescu, Dragos Isvoranu, "Reconsideration of Steady Fluid Flow Expower Notion Taking into Account the Finite Fluid Flow Exhaust Speed in the Environment", FLOWERS'94, Florence Italy, 6-8 July 1994, Proceedings of Conference, pp. 967-975.